Restatement of the Law Third,

Torts: Apportionment of Liability

This landmark work formulates clear principles of law governing apportionment of liability in cases where there are more actors than a single plaintiff and single defendant, different degrees of blameworthiness, derivative claims, or different tort claims against different defendants in the same case. It was drafted in response to the nearly universal adoption of comparative liability. As a result, it completely supersedes the comparable provisions in the Restatement Second of Torts.

This volume analyses and recommends doctrine concerning apportionment of liability in cases in which multiple tortfeasors may be responsible in varying degrees for a single injury.

Summary of Contents

Foreword
Reporters’ Preface
Introduction

Topic
1. Basic Rules of Comparative Responsibility
2. Liability of Multiple Tortfeasers for Indivisible Harm
Track A. Joint and Several Liability
Track B. Several Liability
Track C. Joint and Several Liability With Reallocation
Track D. Hybrid Liability Based on Threshold Percentage of Comparative Responsibility
Track E. Hybrid Liability Based on Type of Damages
3. Contribution and Indemnity
4. Settlement
5. Apportionment of Liability When Damages Can be Divided by Causation

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Parallel Tables
Table of Cross References to Digest System Key Numbers and ALR Annotations
Index

In the Institute’s Restatement tradition, these authoritative volumes combine clear black-letter provisions with extensive explanatory Comments, clarifying Illustrations, and detailed Reporter’s Notes.

Reporters:
William C. Powers, Jr., University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Austin, TX
Michael D. Green, University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA

ISBN – 0-314-24884-6
Hardbound | 1R3APPOT | 2000 | 401 pages
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Torts: Apportionment of Liability

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